Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 09-08-2006 and time 09:52:36 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Melilli (SR), on

  • 09-08-2006 09:52:36 (UTC)
  • 09-08-2006 11:52:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1940, 15.1420 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Melilli SR 2 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 6 12091 25712
Augusta SR 8 36305 62017
Sortino SR 10 8690 70707
Solarino SR 10 8091 78798
Floridia SR 12 22762 101560
Carlentini SR 15 17798 119358
Lentini SR 16 24085 143443
Canicattini Bagni SR 19 7109 150552
Ferla SR 20 2523 153075
Cassaro SR 20 821 153896
Siracusa SR 20 122291 276187

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
35 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
47 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.9
ML 1.6
2006-08-09
09:52:36
37.194 15.142 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 585539
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-09 09:52:36 ± 0.28
Latitude 37.1940 ± 0.0234
Longitude 15.1420 ± 0.0327
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 585539

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3638
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1276
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 318
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3894.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 137
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.52
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06565
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23472
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 585539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:12:41

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 585539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:12:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-08-09T09:52:42.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 184 26.0517 0.125 100
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-08-09T09:52:42.18 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 7 10.1787 0.563 34
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-08-09T09:52:41.21 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 236 7.2927 0.275 38
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-08-09T09:52:41.24 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 47 10.2786 -0.402 48
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-08-09T09:52:39.29 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 7 10.1787 -0.291 100
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-08-09T09:52:39.91 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 47 10.2786 0.317 98
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-08-09T09:52:38.93 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 236 7.2927 -0.257 75
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